http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/health-care 2008-07-25T20:35:40Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47099-john-mccain-speech-livestrong-summit-07-24-08 2008-07-25T20:35:40Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAx0qO_pla8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAx0qO_pla8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47099-john-mccain-speech-livestrong-summit-07-24-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55680" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech / Livestrong Summit <br />Columbus, OH 07/24/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: " <br />Some worry that even after this reform many Americans with pre-existing conditions -- including many thousands of cancer patients -- could still be denied insurance. And to make sure they get the high-quality coverage they need, I have proposed a Guaranteed Access Program -- or GAP -- that will combine industry, state, and federal resources to help in the purchase of coverage for those hardest to insure, including patients with pre-existing conditions. There would be no limits on premiums, and lower-income Americans would get additional financial assistance."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47099-john-mccain-speech-livestrong-summit-07-24-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46925-marla-from-arvada-co 2008-07-25T20:36:58Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0m9Uz3FKCAk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0m9Uz3FKCAk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46925-marla-from-arvada-co"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55481" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The attendees of a Colorado house party tell their stories, discuss healthcare issues, and talk about why they support Barack Obama.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46925-marla-from-arvada-co">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46773-want-to-play-by-insurance-company-rules 2008-07-25T11:48:11Z citizentube <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bVpX5fUvPlg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bVpX5fUvPlg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46773-want-to-play-by-insurance-company-rules"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55281" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This week, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HealthCareForAmerica">HeathCareForAmerica&rsquo;s YouTube channel </a>released &ldquo;Insurance Company Rules,&rdquo; a video that takes a humorous approach to an issue that many people don&rsquo;t find funny. Filmed and put together by the comedy ensemble <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Election08">the Public Service Administration</a>, the video argues that when it comes to health care, there are two sets of rules: the ones that apply to health insurance companies, and the ones that apply to everyone else.<br /><br />&ldquo;We decided to create the video because we wanted to highlight the outrageous practices of the insurance industry,&rdquo; Levana Layendecker from <a href="http://healthcareforamericanow.org/page/s/which">Health Care For America</a> told Citizentube. &ldquo;Insurance companies get to make the rules that maximize their profits. Their profits are skyrocketing at the expense of our health. &hellip;We don&#39;t think the American people should be left alone to fend for themselves in the unregulated, bureaucratic health insurance market.&rdquo; </p> </div> <a href="/blog/46773-want-to-play-by-insurance-company-rules">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46356-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-1 2008-07-25T20:41:05Z Nick Lento <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rauNCuUL8ik&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rauNCuUL8ik&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46356-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54500" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This was the July 8th Press Conference/launch.</p> <p>Ev Liebman of NJ Citizen Action gives an opening comment and introduces the next speaker, Rev Bruce Davidson...who will be on part 2. </p> <p>For details about this splendid initiative please visit <a href="http://healthcareforamericanow.org/?click=content/hcan_main">healthcareforamericanow.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/46356-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46355-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-2 2008-07-25T20:41:05Z Nick Lento <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6NWGUiaoGQ4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6NWGUiaoGQ4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46355-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54499" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Reverend Bruce Davidson makes an impassioned plea based on the moral imperatives of decent affordable quality heath care for all.</p> <p>For more info on this wonderful initiative see <a href="http://healthcareforamericanow.org/?click=content/hcan_main">healthcareforamericanow.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/46355-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46354-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-3 2008-07-25T20:41:04Z Nick Lento <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6m2K_Zqz8eE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6m2K_Zqz8eE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46354-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54498" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Jeanne Oterson, Public policy director for the Health Professionals and Allied Employees, gives an excellent talks on some of the core reasons why we need universal affordable quality health care for all Americans. Now!</p> <p>For more info on this initiative please check out: <a href="http://healthcareforamericanow.org/?click=content/hcan_main">healthcareforamericanow.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/46354-new-jersey-launch-health-care-for-america-now-part-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46084-expanding-costs-of-health-care-highlights 2008-07-25T21:05:21Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WavvtVBy1CE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WavvtVBy1CE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46084-expanding-costs-of-health-care-highlights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53630" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/lambrew_budget_testimony.html</p> <p>With health care costs escalating at rates that dramatically exceed wage growth and inflation, future health care spending poses a significant challenge for the Federal budget, for employers, and for families. Health care spending in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2006, and is expected to double again in the next decade. Policymakers and political candidates of all philosophical stripes have offered dramatically different strategies for controlling health care spending. These approaches range from placing the locus of health care spending decisions – and risk for health care costs - with individuals and families, to making long-term investments in prevention, better information and better health care quality that will be best realized if all Americans have health care coverage.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46084-expanding-costs-of-health-care-highlights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45872-new-planned-parenthood-ad-slams-mccain-on-birth-control 2008-07-23T10:49:13Z ZP Heller <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kX2pPQfYGfQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kX2pPQfYGfQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45872-new-planned-parenthood-ad-slams-mccain-on-birth-control"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53182" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Today, <a href="http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/main.html">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a> is launching this television ad that nails McCain for voting against requiring insurance companies to match coverage they provide for Viagra with coverage for birth control.&nbsp; According to Politico, McCain argued that that kind of mandate &quot;<a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund_Simple_Question.html">makes health care more expensive</a>.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p>This is the first televised ad from a feminist group during this election cycle, but something tells me it won&#39;t be the last.&nbsp; Not only does McCain oppose birth control, but he also <a href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/assets/files/mccain_fact_sheet.pdf">voted anti-choice in the Senate 123 out of 128 times</a>.&nbsp; He would also overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em> if elected, thereby <a href="../blog/41601-the-real-life-consequences-of-an-anti-choice-president">criminalizing abortion</a>.&nbsp; </p><p>Here&#39;s more on <a href="../blog/41461-why-do-women-give-mccain-a-zero">why women give McCain a zero</a>. &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/45872-new-planned-parenthood-ad-slams-mccain-on-birth-control">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45816-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-07-11-08 2008-07-25T18:23:55Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xIDP0mLOmUM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xIDP0mLOmUM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45816-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-07-11-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53104" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Hudson, WI 07/11/08</p> <p>DESCRIPTION: <br />[b-roll: Demonstrators with " McSame " stamp demonstrating / mock - performing before a McCain town hall]</p> <p>LABEL: JM WI 7-11 (SD#26) YKHB-ClipK</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/7ds4vr3oco">issuealliance.box.net</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/45816-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-07-11-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45673-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-07-11-08 2008-07-24T14:25:03Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vcd6Mu9qHS8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vcd6Mu9qHS8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45673-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-07-11-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52918" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Hudson, WI 07/11/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "My plan will make it easier for all small businesses to grow and create more jobs. My opponent wants to make it harder by imposing a health care mandate on small businesses that will add a crushing $12,000 to the cost of employing anyone with a family. </p> <p>"That means new jobs will not be created, existing jobs will be cut and small business employees who keep their jobs will likely have their wages cut to pay for that mandate. My plan attacks the real challenges of health care: cost and [...]availability, and makes health care more portable. This is especially important to women in our work force because they change jobs more often."</p> <p>LABEL: JM WI 7-11 (SD#26) YKHB-ClipC</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/zfx8gy4o4s">issuealliance.box.net</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/45673-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-07-11-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45663-better 2008-07-25T21:04:39Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0gZWH-Js5I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0gZWH-Js5I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45663-better"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52903" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>SEIU, the nation's largest union of health care workers, will begin airing a new television ad throughout Missouri tomorrow, supporting Jay Nixon as the best choice for Missouri voters concerned about health care. (COPE)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45663-better">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45383-john-mccain-squirms-over-viagra-and-birth-control 2008-07-25T21:08:08Z Burning Elephant <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X7NdJ0oDZCc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X7NdJ0oDZCc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45383-john-mccain-squirms-over-viagra-and-birth-control"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52500" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain squirms when asked his position on whether health insurance plans that cover viagra should also cover contraceptives.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45383-john-mccain-squirms-over-viagra-and-birth-control">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45290-mccain-squirms-out-of-answering-on-women-s-health-care-issue 2008-07-25T21:07:00Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Q8obHEULLg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Q8obHEULLg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45290-mccain-squirms-out-of-answering-on-women-s-health-care-issue"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52384" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Presumptive Republican Presidential Candidate, John McCain, worms out of answering a reporter's question as to whether or not he believes that health insurance companies should be required to cover birth control for women, particularly considering they cover viagra for men. </p> <p>McCain has long held radical positions on reproductive issues, having consistently voted AGAINST: </p> <p>*Ensuring women's access to birth control</p> <p>*Providing educational information for teens on birth control</p> <p>*Requiring health insurance companies to cover birth control </p> <p>McCain has stated that Roe vs. Wade "must be overturned." His position is that abortion should be not legal even in cases of rape, incest or life threatening conditions for the mother. </p> <p>Despite his long standing extremely conservative position on women's reproductive rights, McCain can't remember whether or not he voted against requiring health insurance companies to cover birth control for women.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45290-mccain-squirms-out-of-answering-on-women-s-health-care-issue">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45035-health-care-for-america-now-ad-magic-eight-ball 2008-07-22T05:02:01Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tirU5qpmFK4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tirU5qpmFK4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45035-health-care-for-america-now-ad-magic-eight-ball"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51547" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>July 8, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45035-health-care-for-america-now-ad-magic-eight-ball">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44977-tell-us-your-health-care-story 2008-07-11T00:03:16Z eriKKa <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44977-tell-us-your-health-care-story"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/51469" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Brave New Foundation is currently seeking people who want to tell their stories about private insurance companies for a new short documentary project. We want to hear from people who have struggled to pay medical bills despite having full coverage; people that have been denied a claim; as well as from people who have been greatly assisted by public insurance systems such as Medicare and Medicaid. </p><p>If you have any stories that may be of interest to us and want to share them as a call to action to help fix the health care system in America, please EMAIL us at bnhealthcare@gmail.com.</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44920-billionaires-are-gouging-your-grandparents 2008-07-25T21:08:56Z parisla <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bcsxGxzrTsc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bcsxGxzrTsc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44920-billionaires-are-gouging-your-grandparents"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51396" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Just how is buyout billionaire Bruce Wasserstein gouging our country&#39;s elderly?&nbsp; <a href="http://www.behindthebuyouts.org/lazard-unveiled/">Let&#39;s connect the dots</a>: Wasserstein is the CEO of Lazard and has made billions by buying companies, cutting costs, and turning quick profits.&nbsp; Lazard owns and manages Atria Senior Living&mdash;the third largest assisted-living provider in the U.S.&mdash;as a private equity investment.&nbsp; Atria has been mismanaging its facilities left and right, making medication mistakes, wrongly locking in residents, and even failing to call emergency services.&nbsp; <br /> <br />What is Atria&#39;s response?&nbsp; The company slapped residents on a fixed income with steep rent increases to as much as $8,500 per month.&nbsp; What&#39;s more, Atria pays its staff a measly average of $8-10 an hour with unaffordable healthcare, while Wasserstein made $41 million in 2007 alone.&nbsp; That&#39;s right, Wasserstein is getting rich off our nation&#39;s grandmas and grandpas, a gross injustice that we have exposed in our newest video, <em>Bruce Wasserstein: Gouging Grandma.</em><br /><br />We have joined the SEIU to demand that Wasserstein stop gouging our grandparents and respect its employees.&nbsp; Here&#39;s what you can do:<br /><ul><li>Sign the petition from Campaign to Improve Assisted Living and <a href="http://warongreed.org/lazard.php">Tell Bruce Wasserstein to Stop Gouging Seniors.</a></li></ul><ul><li>E-mail this video and the petition to all your friends, family members, and coworkers.&nbsp; </li></ul><ul><li>Spread the word on sites like Digg, which will help create a public outcry to pressure Wasserstein and Lazard.</li></ul><p>Make sure everyone knows we won&#39;t stand for Wasserstein&#39;s despicable behavior, and make sure it happens today.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/44920-billionaires-are-gouging-your-grandparents">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44644-john-mccain-rally-05-22-08 2008-07-15T18:39:39Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J5_Tg4lrdRc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J5_Tg4lrdRc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44644-john-mccain-rally-05-22-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51063" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Rally <br />Stockton, CA 05/22/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "And my friends, I understand our veterans' needs, but I also understand the needs of the active duty military. And we just had a bill on veterans' educational benefits. And I am in favor of increasing, dramatically, the benefits that our veterans have earned for educational benefits. But I also want to tell you that I want to encourage people to stay in the military and make careers of it. That's very important. And someone who has never served may not understand the absolute vital importance of an NCO. The great strength of our military is our noncommissioned officers. The ones I know best and have learned the most about leadership was our noncommissioned officers. Those brave men and women who decided to make a career out of the military. And I want to encourage people to do that. I want to give them additional benefits as they serve longer. And I want them to be able to transfer those educational benefits to their family members... and we can honor them best by increasing their educational benefits, taking care of their healthcare, but also, encouraging retention and my friends I don't need anyone to tell me about what veterans needs. I know them. And I understand them. And I understand them very well and so do you."</p> <p>LABEL: JM CA 5-22 (EW#9) ABSU - Clip E</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/e0avo834sw">issuealliance.box.net</a> <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: <br />http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/0hy8mdykgw</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44644-john-mccain-rally-05-22-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44526-john-mccain-meet-and-greet-11-31-07 2008-07-02T18:54:35Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yQVFTPWm3Mo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yQVFTPWm3Mo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44526-john-mccain-meet-and-greet-11-31-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50914" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Meet and Greet <br />North Myrtle Beach, SC 11/31/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "The system is broken, it's overtaxed, we're not caring for our veterans. That's just a fact. I carry around with me a quote from George Washington . . . he said, "The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars are treated and appreciated by their country. . ."</p> <p>LABEL: JM SC 11-31 (JR#8) A-ClipG</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/wcki4u0o4o <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/0is91kq8sg</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44526-john-mccain-meet-and-greet-11-31-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44503-john-mccain-rally-01-22-08 2008-07-02T18:45:52Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/59WK0qm7NWg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/59WK0qm7NWg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44503-john-mccain-rally-01-22-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50891" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Rally <br />Pensacola, Fl 01/22/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "...And Veterans' Healthcare is not what it needs to be. And I'm sorry to tell you that we're gonna be in further wars, and I'm sorry to tell you that the casualties from this long war in Iraq and Afghanistan are tough, very tough. PTSD is tough. The kind of wounds from these IEDs is tough. And I thank god that because of our increased capability we're able to get more and more people from the battlefield to the hospital and save a lot more lives, but that means we're gonna have to do a lot more in the way of veterans' healthcare."</p> <p>LABEL: JM FL 1-22 (GR#65) ICGR - ClipA</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/nnqpmeqskk <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/212tsic4cw</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44503-john-mccain-rally-01-22-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44475-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-13-07 2008-07-02T18:37:41Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b9JH_NPNS2Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b9JH_NPNS2Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44475-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-13-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50863" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Davenport, IA 12/13/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT <br />MCCAIN: "My whole thrust is that we've got to put more decisions in the hands of the user. We've got to have a whole range of actions taken in order to bring inflation down; and among them are [sic] to give every American family a $5K refundable tax credit so they can go across state lines--which they can't now--to find an insurance policy of their choice [...]."</p> <p>LABEL: JM IA 12-13 (JJ#10) ADE-ClipC</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/sqcd1w84k4</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/jox879k0g8</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44475-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-13-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44412-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-17-07 2008-07-02T18:20:18Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FiVOTXMCgag&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FiVOTXMCgag&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44412-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-17-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50799" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Concord, NH 12/17/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MCCAIN: "First of all, SCHIP, like I said with these things, I have to tell you stuff you don't want to hear as well as those that you do want to hear. The SCHIP program was designed to provide children with health insurance. We did that pretty well. There are still eight million that are not covered. Six million of those are simply because we just haven't signed them up. It's not a problem, you simply got to find them and sign them up. You got two million that we're going to have to expand the program to cover. And that will cost about three to five billion dollars. So what do they want to do in Washington? They want to expand it by 35 billion dollars. They wanted it to encompass adults, and they wanted it to encompass 300 people, 300 percent under the poverty line."</p> <p>LABEL: JM SC 12-17 (BH#30) GIADK- Clip B</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/5v93dfmwoo</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/wknbcei0wo</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44412-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-17-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44406-john-mccain-rally-12-27-07 2008-07-02T18:20:04Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HPrQnKG0kNU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HPrQnKG0kNU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44406-john-mccain-rally-12-27-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50793" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Rally <br />Concord, NH 12/17/07</p> <p>TRACKING: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "I want to get costs down. There's 10% inflation in Medicare last year. 10%. No system can sustain itself with 10% inflation..."</p> <p>"I was at a town hall meeting here in Iowa. A guy stood up and said, I love my health insurance policy. I just got a notice that next year my insurance was going up by $800. IT's not the quality, it's the affordability. So we're going to have to do a whole lot of things. Including, giving people a chance to go across state lines to get their own health insurance. Take on the pharmaceutical companies."</p> <p>"Do you know that the attorney general of [Iowa] and the attorney general of the state of South Carolina have both sued the pharmaceutical companies for overcharges of pharmaceuticals for their Medicaid patients?"</p> <p>"Why didn't we know what those costs were to start with? Why did we have to have attorney generals sue?"</p> <p>"Most importantly, I want to give families a $5,000 refundable tax credit that they can take anywhere in America and get the health insurance they think their family needs. I think for the 5 chronic illnesses...we ought to have an outcome based payment system."</p> <p>LABEL: JM IA 12-27 (GR#35) CHDG- Clip B</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/xal56evgos</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/f60cd5c5c4</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44406-john-mccain-rally-12-27-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44400-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-28-07 2008-07-02T18:19:50Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wRFX4Gg8ZIw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wRFX4Gg8ZIw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44400-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-28-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50787" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Manchester, NH 12/28/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MCCAIN: "I'm going to make it affordable and available. And it's going to be a big debate. And If you like the system that's in Canada, if you like the system that's in Europe, single-payer, big-government system, go visit there. I don't think you'll like it. I'm going to preserve the finest healthcare system in the world."</p> <p>LABEL: JM NH 12-28 (BH#45) AZZHKD-ClipB</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/sk3uqkksgw</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/2ppdce4w80</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44400-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-28-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44396-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-30-07 2008-07-02T18:19:39Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TNG2HvAdJ3E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TNG2HvAdJ3E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44396-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-30-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50783" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Dover, NH 12/29/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MCCAIN: "The problem with health care in America today is not the quality of care. It's the highest in the world. And, if you like big government, single-payer system go to Canada and see how you like that system, and then come back and tell me you want to embrace the Democrats' proposals for a big government solution."</p> <p>LABEL: JM NH 12-30 (BH#49) EARDH-ClipA</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/zt69o1nok4</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/sx5czsp8ko</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44396-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-12-30-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44379-john-mccain-speech-02-04-08 2008-07-02T17:52:10Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aKYz-BqV0kY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aKYz-BqV0kY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44379-john-mccain-speech-02-04-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50765" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech <br />Boston, MA 02/04/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "I'm reminded constantly of the words of George Washington in 1789. George Washington said, 'The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.' He was right in 1789, my friends.</p> <p>"So I'm not only worried about those who have served and those who are serving, but I worry about the motivation of future generations to serve. And that's why it's so vital that we give the veterans the health care they need and deserve and have earned. And, my friends - I've got some straight-talk for you (which you already know). There's gonna be a lot of wounds out of this war. There already has been.</p> <p>"There's gonna be a lot of treatment that's gonna have to be given by the veteran's administration [...]."</p> <p>LABEL: JM MA 2-4 (JR#49) HA-ClipF</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/ecqa9nz4ko">issuealliance.box.net</a> </p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: <a href="http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/r11uqmusc8">issuealliance.box.net</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/44379-john-mccain-speech-02-04-08">Watch the video</a>